Low Denoms in Casinos..

jbones · #1 (**permalink**) 02-07-2007, 09:41 AM

What games, if any use 25c chips today?

Do casinos even have 10c chips?

Nanook · #2 (**permalink**) 02-07-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jbones

What games, if any use 25c chips today?

Do casinos even have 10c chips?

There is another post in the WTB asking about buying a full set of used casino 10¢, 25¢, or maybe 50¢, $1 etc for a playable set.

I am assuming you are asking for the same reason. I think my response applies here as well:

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Originally Posted by Nanook

Dude, you might as well get the 10¢ real casino idea out of your head right now. It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that you will NEVER find them, but it would be extremely difficult. If you did find them you probably would have to pay $2 or $3 or maybe more per chip. Everyone and their uncle has already thought of this idea yrs ago. Once new quality chips become more expensive than the denomination then they start to disappear from the casinos quickly.

25¢ and 50¢ are going to be difficult too, but not quite as hard to come by. I have a set of Paulsons from a real casino in NV with about 150 50¢ chips so it is not impossible.

I do think your time and money would be better spent elsewhere.

Good luck.

Nanook

Nanook

Gaming Ore · #3 (**permalink**) 02-07-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jbones

What games, if any use 25c chips today?

Do casinos even have 10c chips?

Craps can use 25 cent chips. Both the Railroad Pass and Edgewater use them.

As for dimes, I know of no casino in the US that uses them at the present time. They were once used, long ago, for craps and poker.

Here is a link to repeating auctions for dime chips: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ25Q...sassZcecilchip

Mostly California card clubs, but a few Nevada.

Jim (Gaming Ore) Follis

dsferris · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2007, 07:29 AM

They use quartes at the Pai Gow Poker tables for commision, I have only seen these from the Four Queens, and it was recent. They were selling for several dollars. I really want one since Pai Gow in my game

Oldcycles · #5 (**permalink**) 02-08-2007, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jbones

What games, if any use 25c chips today?

Do casinos even have 10c chips?

If you want them for a home game just use paulson starburst like I did.
It is way cheaper.

ross · #6 (**permalink**) 02-08-2007, 12:09 PM

In general, the number of places using fractionals (chips < 1.00) is becoming less and less. You might see them at craps tables, or pai-gow tables, or even some BJ tables. The 4 queens actively uses a 50c chip, Detroit casinos use a 25c chip, and a few of the outlying LV area casinos also having fractionals (Jim mentioned a few of them, but you can add Longhorn for a 50c, and some of the other Henderson casinos).

As for lower than 25c? I have not seen any current casino in the US using that denomination.

And on a somewhat related subject...
An interesting thing in Atlantic City -- up until about 1997 they had a 50c on the books, meaning a casino could (if they want) produce one. The regulation was in place for a blue on until about 1982, then the color changed to mustard yellow and blue was reserved for the $10 chip (there are lots of different examples of this out there). There was a blue 50c produced at Resorts early on and there is one example known. Starting in about 2003 they have removed the 50c from the regulations and have moved the mustard color to a 20K chip.

Gaming Ore · #7 (**permalink**) 02-08-2007, 03:59 PM

I posted the question over on thechipboard.com. Turns out that several downtown casinos (Las Vegas) still use quarter chips, but the Four Queens is not one of them.

Here is the link to my question and the replies that include casino names and denominations: http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/...pl?read=590125

J(GO)F